Which Silent Hill games connect?
Origins, Silent Hill and Silent Hill 3 form the connected route. Other games are organised by their own story groups, not an invented single calendar.
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Silent Hill Games in Story Order
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Silent Hill is a collection of connected and standalone horror stories. This guide keeps the Alessa and Heather route together, identifies independent games and separates licensed comics, films and reimaginings.
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The quick answer
The connected route is Origins → Silent Hill → Silent Hill 3. Silent Hill 2, The Room, Homecoming, Downpour and Silent Hill f are separate starting points. Choose a story group using the continuity filter.
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The Silent Hill universe, story by story
Silent Hill is a collection of connected and standalone horror stories. This guide keeps the Alessa and Heather route together, identifies independent games and separates licensed comics, films and reimaginings.
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Story chronology · Core route
List positions organise story groups; they do not imply one universal calendar. Silent Hill f stays in its own branch even though it is set in 1960s Japan. The Silent Hill 2 remake is a version of the original story.
Showing 8 of 22 released stories.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill: Origins
Travis Grady’s prequel leads into the original game.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill (1999 · Game)
Harry Mason searches for Cheryl.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill 3
Heather’s story directly follows the original game.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill 2
PlayOriginal game↗Official franchise reference · Reference pageCanonPlaySilent Hill 2 — 2024 remake↗Official franchise reference · Reference pageCanonA standalone story. Original and 2024 remake are versions of the same event.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Henry Townshend and Walter Sullivan’s largely independent story.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Alex Shepherd’s standalone story in Shepherd’s Glen.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill: Downpour
Murphy Pendleton’s standalone story. Anne’s Story runs alongside it.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill f
A separate story set in 1960s Japan, not a required prequel to Origins.
Not part of the checklist
Announced and unreleased
These records are tracked for context but are excluded from chronology numbers, filters and progress until release.
- Silent Hill: Townfall2026Upcoming — September 24, 2026
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Silent Hill order guide
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Origins → Silent Hill → Silent Hill 3
The Alessa and Heather storyline.
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James, Henry, Alex, Murphy and Hinako each lead a largely independent story.
2006 film → Revelation
Return to Silent Hill is a separate adaptation of Silent Hill 2.
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What anchors this order.
Official franchise, creator and publisher sources anchor the chronology. Conflicts and uncertain placements are labelled.
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